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Invasive and Destructive

Cane toads are such an issue in Australia that communities hold annual events to reduce populations. Here, toads are collected and humanely destroyed during a 2010 culling in Townsville.
Cane toads are such an issue in Australia that communities hold annual events to reduce populations. Here, toads are collected and humanely destroyed during a 2010 culling in Townsville. Photo: Ian Hitchcock / Stringer (Getty Images)

But back to the big boys.

Because of their poisonous nature and adaptable palate, cane toads are considered one of the worst invasive species on Earth. And unfortunately for Toadzilla, the specimen was found in coastal Queensland, not the Amazon basin. In accordance with Australian law, the humongous hopper was promptly removed from the wild and humanely euthanized.

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